The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7498

Chapter 7498: Darlings of Nature

Woodsap mechs represented a new direction for Ves.

They were not only his first elemental Carmine mechs, but also his first proper living biomechs.

The latter alone deserved his attention. He had deliberately shaped the products of the Arboreal Project into vessels that embraced both material and spiritual forms of growth.

From his perspective, all freshly grown Woodsap mechs were equivalent to babies. They started off as blank slates. Even when they initially bond with their Woodsap mech pilots, they only gained the beginnings of a personality.

Real growth only took place across a span of many months and years. So long as the individual Woodsap mechs and their bonded pilots survived the ordeals ahead, the biomachines had the potential to spawn all sorts of mutations, many of which even he could have never anticipated!

Anything was possible. Ves had his own ways of shaping wood energy to produce certain results, but he had never explored it in depth. He could never map out the full range of possibilities when it came to the evolution of his Woodsap mechs.

Many factors could affect their evolutionary trajectory. The most important ones were the enemies the Woodsap mechs fought and the mentality of their pilots.

Persistent contact with the same types of hostile entities stimulated directional mutations that should make it easier for the Woodsap mechs to fight against them in the future.

His products somewhat resembled mutated beasts in this regard. Of course, the latter evolved much faster due to unknown reasons. Ves had yet to be able to replicate the ridiculous growth rates of talented mutated beasts and calamity beasts. They appeared to play by their own set of rules.

Nonetheless, even if the physical growth rate of his Woodsap mechs lagged behind, Ves did not care too much as long as the trajectory maintained an upward trend.

If a powerful mech pilot such as General Axelar Streon could accompany his Ouroboros for multiple generations, then so could Woodsap mech pilots!

Even if the ongoing wars placed a very high premium on short-term gains over long-term ones, Ves was not willing to compromise the integrity of his Woodsap mech concept just to compress their growth cycle.

Trees tended to grow at considerably slower rates than animals. There were exceptions, of course, but he was not willing to add his Woodsap mechs to that list.

They had no need for haste. What truly made trees strong was their patience and willingness to accumulate over lengthy periods.

These attitudes broadly aligned with the concepts related to the wood E energy attribute.

Though Ves did not treat these concepts as gospel, he deliberately designed his Woodsap mechs as the physical embodiment of the wood element. It made little sense to create a divide. He could leave that for future mech design projects.

"Have you read the latest files on the deathborn that we will probably fight in our next mission."

"I have, professor." The Second Elf responded with a serious expression. "There is not much verified information in the reports. I know little of what to expect from these new enemies, if they are even present. The prospect of fighting them does not instill much enthusiasm. These deathborn are too enigmatic. I am not even certain whether they should be treated as a credible threat."

"It is true that we have little information about the deathborn, but that is exactly the reason why we must enter the Hypeh-Tekas System and find out their details first-hand. If our suspicions about the presence of a great amount of deathborn as well as Red Cabal shenanigans are correct, we will probably have to fend off these undead ghosts. I fear that the properties of these particular entities make it so that conventional armaments have little to no effect against them. Perhaps only true resonance, powerful superdimensional weapons or certain types of hyper weapons can inflict effective damage against these strange beings."

Caracalla Shuku narrowed his elven eyes. "If that is the case, our Woodsap mechs ought to be able to resist them more effectively than other standard mechs."

"That is what I believe. Compared to the Omega Thresher and the other first-class multipurpose mechs at our disposal, I am convinced that my Woodsap mechs are the most effective counter against the deathborn and similar entities. The Rosenstorm and his many brothers and sisters incorporate some of the most advanced and innovative hyper technology and E-technology applications. My Woodsap mechs are a small generation ahead of earlier products by my reckoning. This is a strong advantage and one that will serve you and your fellow colleagues extremely well in the coming days. However, that is not the only reason why I am optimistic about the performance of your unit."

"Our biomechs are a celebration of life and technology. Perhaps... they can serve as the antithesis of death."

"That is my hope." Ves confirmed the elf’s guess. "Barring external factors such as warship cover and Casella’s Command Field, I am highly certain that our Woodsap mechs can clear out the deathborn at a strong advantage. This is due to the E energy attribute relationships. Woodsap mechs primarily manipulate wood energy, but they are also working with a bit of life energy. This and more should give you the tools you need to overpower the most deathborn."

"I find it dangerous to make this assumption when we have yet to meet with the supposed deathborn. While I am willing to partially believe in your theory, I do not think it is that straightforward. You already said yourself that our Woodsap mechs do not primarily channel life energy. If we are confronted by beings that are steeped in higher quantities and concentrations of death energy, I do not think it will be easy to dispel their foulness. What if our new enemies contaminate our Woodsap mechs instead?"

The Second Elf nodded. "My men and I shall take your words into consideration. If mastery over wood and life energy can play a decisive role in our fight against the deathborn, then my fellow elves and I should be particularly well-suited to combat the new scourge. Compared to the human test pilots in our cohort, my elves and I can already manipulate these energies better than others."

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